Climate averages 1991–2020
Berkeley weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Berkeley: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oakland (7 km away). In April its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Berkeley, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Berkeley ranks joint 274th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 106th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Berkeley is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Berkeley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 93 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 17 | 3.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 25.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 21 | 2.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 46 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 87 | 9.3 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Oakland in AprilUnited States · 7 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 34 mm rain
- San Francisco in AprilUnited States · 17 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Concord (California), United States in AprilUnited States · 24 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Daly City in AprilUnited States · 25 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Vallejo in AprilUnited States · 26 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 37 mm rain
- San Ramon in AprilUnited States · 28 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Hayward in AprilUnited States · 28 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 33 mm rain
- San Mateo in AprilUnited States · 35 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 41 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Berkeley) is explained once on the Berkeley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Oakland lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.